Lara Wollington (born 30th March 2003) is a British child actress who played Matilda.
Credits []
West End[]
- Shrek the Musical as Standby (Young Shrek and Dwarf)
- Matilda the Musical as Matilda
- Gypsy as Baby Louise
Off West End[]
- The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, aged 13 ¾ as Pandora Braithwaite
Other[]
- The BFG as Sophie (Birmingham Repertory Theatre)
Television []
- Florrie's Dragon's as Florrie
- Big Brother's Little Mouth as Child housemate
- 64 Zoo Lane as Lucy
- Wanda and the Alien as Wanda
Film []
- Young, High and Dead as Sammy Taylor
Trivia[]
- Lara's first performance was 25th August 2012 and her final performance was 29th September 2013.
- Lara held the record for the longest serving Matilda, until it was broken by Abbie Vena in November 2017.
- Lara has a younger brother named Zac.
- Lara was a member of the Spirit Young Performers Company and is a member of their Elite Musical Theatre team from 2014 until 2018.
- Lara currently trains at North Star Academy in Hatfield.
- Lara is from Enfield, London.
- During her time in Matilda: Lara performed "Naughty" for Friday Night is Music Night on BBC Radio 2; performed "Quiet" after the Olivier Award nominations; appeared as a judge on Junior Masterchef and performed a four girl Naughty at the Olivier Awards at Piazza Square.